Rabbi Brant Rosen - Wrestling in the Daylight

After Israel’s brutal military attack on Gaza in 2008-2009, Rabbi Brant Rosen, at the time a congregational rabbi in Evanston, Illinois, began to question his lifelong Zionist beliefs. Wrestling in the Daylight is a curated collection of Rabbi Rosen’s posts on his blog, Shalom Rav, tracing his evolving awareness. Rosen’s intense and often painful exchanges with his readers provide insight into the largest controversy facing the American Jewish community today. Rosen is currently the Midwest Regional Director for the American Friends Service Committee. In 2014, he co-founded a social-justice focused congregation, Tzedek Chicago. Rabbi Rosen will read selections from his book, followed by a Q&A.

Sponsored by the Interfaith Action Group on Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine and co-sponsored by the Unity Temple Peace Action Team.

The Interfaith Action Group on Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine is a community-based group in Oak Park and River Forest working toward peaceful and constructive ways to express our faith and humanist beliefs in confronting the forces of international conflict and social injustice in Israel and Palestine.

For more information and accessibility needs, contact: interfaithactiongroup@gmail.com